Display-container.



P. R. WARREN. DISPLAY CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1913.

1,099,832, Patented June 9, 1914,

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boxes of articles. Fig. 2 is a vertical section PETER R. WARREN, OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DISPLAY-CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1914:.

Application filed September 2, 1913. Serial No. 787,627.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PETER R. WARREN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Boston, county of Suffolk,State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Display-Containers, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object a display container which may be placedupon the top of a counter or how case and which shall both contain theboxes of articles and display them for sale without their beingaccessible to the public from the front. Heretofore, so far as is knownto me, display containers have been so constructed that the boxes ofgoods contained therein have been accessible only from the front and ithas been ditlicult to ascertain and select readily therefrom thedifferent boxes from the interior of the display container.

My present invention affords a display container which is soconstructed, that, by lifting up the rear top or wall, the contents ofthe display container may be readily gotten at from the rear so thatwhen the display container is placed on the top of a show case it is notnecessary for the salesman to turn the container around to get at itscontents. The container may be made from wood or cardboard and may beconstructed either as a so-called solid box or as a knock down orfolding box. Its construction is such that it may be used for a longtime and be refilled from time to time as the goods originally containedin it have been sold.

The invention will be understood from the following description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel featuresthereof are particularly pointed out and clearly defined in the claim atthe close of thi specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a containershowing therein of the container shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings at A, is shown the body of the container. Itis constructed of walls of suitable thickness and material, as forinstance card board. Y

At B, is shown the base, and at C an inclined front wall having thereina sight opening through which the boxes of goods may be convenientlyseem The inclined front wall C is conveniently formed integral with thevertical front wall F and with the low vertical front wall G.

At D, is shown an inclined support contained within the front chamber ofthe display container. This inclined support is conveniently made from asingle sheet of card board properly creased and scored and convenientmanner or may be left loose.

At I, I, are shown boxes within which the articles to be displayed arecontained. In the device shown in the drawings, these boxes are piled inthree stacks and the rear edges of the boxes are in sight when the top Kis raised up. In the form shown in the drawings, the top K is hinged atits upper edge, but it may be otherwise supported if preferred.

At L, L, are shown three boxes inserted within the space between thesupport D and the inclined wall C. These boxes are so located that thecontents of each box are visible through the sight opening E. Ifpreferred the cover of the box may be ornamented or may have thereonadvertising material which will be visible instead of the contents ofthe box if the box is put in place with the cover on. It will be seenthat the three boxes L, L, L cannot be removed through the sight openingE but must be pulled back out of the inclined space within which theyare received. This construction is such that the contents of the container are not readily stolen since they can be removed only through therear of the box.

In practice it is customary to print on the edges of each of the boxes,the size, color or other description of the article contained therein.In practice, the boxes in the display container are so arranged that theedge of the box on which this information is printed is at the back.Therefore the clerk can instantly select the particular color or stylecalled for, by looking at the printed matter on the ends of the boxeswithout removing, or handling them. The container therefore prevents thegoods from becoming.

shopWorn and saves to alarge extent, the time of the clerk and customer.

What I claim is:

The improved display container comprising a box-shaped, storage portionofrectangular cross-section having an opening at the rear, and aninclined'front chamber located in front of'said box-shaped portion andope'ninginto "said storage portion-along the lower portion of its frontWall and having an inclined supperwall-being integral With said -frontwall and havinga; sight opening therei n, and an inclined support forboxes to -be-displayedin said 7 front cham ber, said -svipportconsistingof a triangular;

v,,shap,ed 1nember composed of cardboard and s havinga forwardlyextending layer contacting With the front Wall of said chamber wherebysaid support may be properly positioned when inserted therein, and arear ,surface parallel with and in proximity=to the plane of the frontWall of said box- "shape'd portion to serve as an extension of saidWall.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.V

PETER R.;VVARREN.

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